A Tower

These towers were 25 metres high, their roofs were equipped with a host of antennas and were painted green.

In the second half of the 1950s, the Central Committee (ZK) of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) began building its own communications system, the Richtfunknetz der Partei (RFN) which was totally independent of all other communication networks.

There were two levels of network: Their construction was prompted by the events of the popular uprising in East Germany on 17 June 1953.

In all provinces of the GDR, apart from the urban conurbations, microwave communication centres (BzRFuZ) were established, initially in old barracks and, later, in the towers.

The special radio service of the Stasi may have used the same towers for training purposes.